Top 10 Reading Tips For Parents

When your child is eleven years old he learns to read like a pro. He can read both fiction and non-fiction. He can do his school work independently, but you can still help him out with the fundamentals. Now that they have learnt to comprehend and remember what they read, you can introduce good books and magazines to them. It is from now, as a parent, you should inculcate newspaper reading habits in children. You can ask him to read the newspaper aloud; this improves their pronunciation and sharpens their reading skills.

Always try to read with your child to see whether he is facing any problem. If you find that your child is not reading accurately, talk to your child’s teacher about it. Always, keep yourself updated with the child’s progress in school. Even if your child can read well, sit beside him and guide him with his school work.

The Stages of Cognitive Skills the Child Acquires:

The child needs to acquire the basic learning skills to participate any academic activity. If the child doesn’t have the requisite cognitive ability to grasp whatever he learns at school and home, then the child suffers from frustration. The parents also get worried. The frustration can result in a gap in the learning process. As parents, you need to constantly encourage and guide the child.

What happens at school actually? Child with low cognitive skills finds it really difficult to assimilate whatever is taught in the class. Rarely, one to one training takes place at school; since there are so many children in the class it is not always possible. Children who have less cognitive skills needs special attention so special classes should be organized for them because it is difficult for them to pick up the fast paced curriculum taught in the regular class. If you think your child needs special attention you can talk to his teacher about the special class that your child needs.If the child is not given proper attention at this stage he will fall back and it will affect his learning process adversely. When the child will see his peers doing better than him, he will be embarrassed and this will hit his confidence levels also.

Learning happens in stages and the ability to learn depends on the innate qualities a child acquires at birth. So if your child is a genius, you can take the credit as parent. Similarly, if your child is not being able to grapple with the learning process, help him to practice reading. Through practice anyone can become a good student.

As said, learning happens in stages and it is based on the basic skills. The basic abilities that make learning possible are:

a. Innate Abilities:

This means the qualities the child acquires at birth, it is hereditary or genetic. For instance, if your child is born with an innate quality for music it will take him less time to acquire the music lessons taught at school, but he still needs to practice. This innate ability can also be called talent.

b. Sensory or Motor Skills:

A sensory skill like vision, hearing and touch makes learning possible. Without sensory skills learning remains incomplete. Motor skills are equally important since it helps the child show to others what his senses have acquired. Motor skills are related to muscles and helps to child to write and draw to express themselves.

c. Cognitive Skills:

Cognitive skills will help the child to process the information it gets via the sensory organs like eyes and ears. Cognitive ability will also help him analyze, remember what he has learnt, evaluate, take decisions, recall his past experience and make comparisons. Cognitive skills are based on innate capabilities, if the development has not taken place properly the child experiences cognitive weakness. Well, you don’t need to worry, just like sensory and motor skills, cognitive skills can be improved by training and practice.

If the child had any brain injury during birth or after it can result in cognitive weakness. Brain injury can be cured and treated, this will also enhance the child’s cognitive abilities. Weak cognitive skills can always be strengthened and average cognitive skills can be enhanced to make the learning process a rewarding experience.

d. Instruction:

Formal instruction is the last level of learning. It is not possible for the child to learn algebra and geometry; he needs to be taught at school. To understand the formal instruction the child needs cognitive abilities, without which learning remains incomplete.

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